The Adamson-Lane, Post 287 of The American Legion, Hedley, Texas will hold its annual Memorial Day service at the Rowe Cemetery, Monday morning May 28, 2012, at 10:00 that morning.
The Post members will place American Flags on the graves of 227 Veterans buried in the Rowe Cemetery. The Flags will be places on the graves on Friday May 25, 2012 and remain till the end of the day Monday. In Honor of those departed comrades that have served this Country.
The Memorial Day program will be conducted by members of the American Legion that will include the raising of the colors, the National Anthem, Pledge to the Flag and the ceremony honoring the missing in action and the prisoners of War still unaccounted for.
The Memorial Day address will be given by Troy Wilson, a member of Post 287, Troy graduated from Hedley High School, and married his high school sweetheart, and served in the U.S. Army as a medic. The Post adjutant will read the names of the 227 Veterans buried in the Rowe Cemetery. The program will be concluded with the laying of the memorial wreath and the playing of taps.
VFW Post 7782 will be conducting a Memorial Day Ceremony on May 28th at 11:00 a.m, located at the Donley County Veterans Memorial in Clarendon. Post Commander Nathan Floyd will be speaking.
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